US vetoes UN Security Council action on Israel, Gaza
NEW YORK: The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have called for humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Hamas to allow humanitarian…
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Six-year-old Palestinian-American Muslim boy killed in hate crime
CHICAGO: An Illinois man was charged with hate crimes for stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding his mother in an attack that targeted them for their religion and as a…
Pakistan registers strong protest to US government over ‘threat letter’
Pakistan summoned the US acting deputy chief of mission in Islamabad over a ‘threat letter’ and registered strong protest for the undiplomatic language used against Pakistan in the memo, PMC…
Iran says US sanctions move ‘good but not enough’
US steps on lifting sanctions are "good but not enough", Iran said Saturday, following Washington's announcement it was waiving sanctions on Iran's civil nuclear programme.
The US action…
US responds to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on Pakistan-China ties
The United States has refused to "endorse" a statement by Indian politician Rahul Gandhi that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's had brought Pakistan and China closer due to his policies.…
US, UK ramp up sanctions pressure on Russia over Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The United States and Britain on Sunday flagged new and "devastating" economic sanctions against Russia, as Washington and its NATO allies step up efforts to deter any invasion…
US Naval ships visit Pakistan, conduct bilateral exercise
UNITED STATES NAVY SHIPS VISIT PAKISTAN & CONDUCT BILATERAL EXERCISE
Islamabad, 27 Jan 22: United States (US) Navy Ships SQUALL (PC-7) & WHIRLWIND (PC-11) visited Karachi and…
Biden order makes sexual harassment in US military a crime
US President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday making sexual harassment a crime under the military justice code, in an attempt to relieve a long-term issue with which the…
Biden order makes sexual harassment in US military a crime
US President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday making sexual harassment a crime under the military justice code, in an attempt to relieve a long-term issue with which the…
US and Iran ready for direct nuclear talks
Iran for the first time Monday said it was open to direct nuclear negotiations with the United States, which declared itself ready to hold talks "urgently" -- in a possible turning point in…
Biden says ‘not time to give up’ on Iran nuclear talks
US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that it is "not time to give up" on talks with Iran aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.
"It's not time to give up," Biden said at a press…
Collective determination’: US thanks Pakistan for hosting OIC summit on…
The United States on Wednesday thanked Pakistan for hosting an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit on Afghanistan, as the country faces a severe financial crunch due to…
Fury over 110-year sentence for US driver whose brakes failed
More than 4.5 million people including Kim Kardashian have called for a US truck driver's 110-year prison sentence to be reduced over a 2019 crash in which his brakes failed and he plowed…
Race to rescue survivors as US tornadoes kill at least 94
US rescuers desperately searched for survivors Sunday after tornadoes killed at least 94 and left towns in ruin, with emergency crews racing against time to find dozens still missing from a…
At least 49 migrants killed in Mexico road accident
At least 49 migrants were killed Thursday in Mexico after the truck they were hiding in hit a retaining wall and overturned in the southern state of Chiapas, a major transit point for those…